by Marcus J. Borg
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World-renowned Jesus scholar Marcus J. Borg shows how we can live passionately as Christians in today's world by practicing the vital elements of Christian faith. For the millions of people who have turned away from many traditional beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Bible, but still long for a relevant, nourishing faith, Borg shows why the Christian life can remain a transforming relationship with God. Emphasizing the critical role of daily practice in living the Christian life, he explores how prayer, worship, Sabbath, pilgrimage, and more can be experienced as authentically life-giving practices. Borg reclaims terms and ideas once thought to be the sole province of evangelicals and fundamentalists: he shows that terms such as "born again" have real meaning for all Christians; that the "Kingdom of God" is not a bulwark against secularism but is a means of transforming society into a world that values justice and love; and that the Christian life is essentially about opening one's heart to God and to others.
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 Everyone, Christian or not, should read this book!, 2008-11-21
I have had so many of the thoughts shared by Marcus Borg, it was so gratifying to feel that I am not alone. Being an educated and scientific person does not preclude one from being a Christian. This book is very easy to read and understand and should be standard reading for everyone, Christians, progressive and conservative, and non-Christians.
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Thoughtful insight about Christianity, 2008-11-19
Interesting commentary on the thought processes of modern Christians, and a historical basis for the divergence between the Christian center and Christian right. I think I liked it in part because it resonates nicely against the background of radical, exclusive Christianity which seems to define itself by what it is against.
The book outlines what Jesus might have been promoting in his time and how it relates to our situation as skeptical but not cynical seekers.
His first book 'Discovering Jesus again for the first time' was more pragmatic and less didactic, probably an easier read for us non-theologians.
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A Rational Faith, 2008-08-07
Marcus Borg has written the clearest exposition of the Christian faith that has come to my attention! On the first page of the Preface, Borg states: "The sacrifice that Christianity asks of us is not ultimately a sacrifice of the intellect."
Borg describes the critical importance of "metaphor" and "myth" in understanding the Bible. He quotes Thomas Mann in describing myths not as fanciful untruths, but as "stories about the way things never were, but always are. They are really true, even though not literally true."
He deals with "supernatural theism" versus panentheism and carefully deals with our tendency to create God in our image as over against that of God as a spirit who pervades all of life. When his students come to him (at the Univ. of Oregon) and say they can't believe in God, he asks them to describe the God they can't believe in. His response is "I don't believe in that God either."
The author makes and important and fascinating distinction between the human "pre-Easter Jesus" and the "post-Easter Jesus", pointing out that Jesus' death was "the consequence of what he was doing and not his purpose".
Borg discusses the meaning of "thin places", as he call them and a number of topics that are traditionally accepted as tenets of the Christian faith, to which he gives new interpretation, such as the terms, "born again", "faith", the nature of the "Kingdom of God", "Sin and Salvation" (a new insight!) and finally what it means to "practice" the Christian faith.
This, as Borg says, is a book for "lovers of the faith and those seeking a faith to love". And best of all it does not require a sacrifice of the intellect!
Ernest G. Barr
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 Excellent Primer of Postmodern Thought, 2008-07-05
Marcus Borg has come forth as a leading advocate of faithless postmodernism that appears similar to Unitarianism in rejecting the divine inspiration of scripture, and the miracles of Christ, his resurrection, atoning sacrifice, and deity. For Mr. Borg, God is a deistic impersonal entity who started the universe, then went on a long trip never to return. God does not personally intervene or answer prayer, and so prayers of petition are simply a show of caring by the one who is praying. One will look in vain to find in "The Heart of Christianity," any discussion of current vital moral issues such as the humanity of children still in the womb, homosexuality and gay marriage, and other issues related to sexuality. The book in my view comes across as an effort to introduce or support the reader in unbelief and atheism, and as such I recommend it to anyone wanting to understand the emergence of a post-Christian culture in North America.
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A stimulating discussion of where Christianity may go , 2008-06-30
I found THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY ...an excellent, stimulating read. Borg clearly addresses questions that will help those who have been struggling with their religious commitment. I found his discussion of the types of faith and belief particularly helpful and believe his discussion of emerging Christianity to be just what is needed for the 21st century. Tom Hood
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